Upamanyu

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Kamboja Upamanyu is the name of a Vedic seer who finds reference in Book I, Hymn 102. 9 of the Rig Veda [1] as also in Anushasana Parava of epic Mahabharata (XIII.14-17) ^[1]. Sage Upamanyu is said to be the father of sage Kamboja Aupamanyava referred to in the Vamsa Brahmana (1.18) of the Sama Veda ^[2]. Upamanyu Kamboja is the composer of Rig Vedic Hymn 1.102.9 ^[3]. Scholars including Dr S. K. De write that Upamanyu (Kamboja) is also the epic promulgator of the synthetic phallic cult. His hermitage in the mountains of Kashmir (Himalayas) is pointed at since northern Kamboja affinities of Upamanyu are indicated ^[4]. His father was sage Vyaghrapada and brother was sage Dhaumya ^[5]. Upamanyu himself reveals that he was initiated into the phallic cult by his mother ^[6].

Upamanyu also is one of the gotras of Hindu brahmins. The people with Upamanyu gotra live in far western part of Nepal.

[edit] References

^ Aspects of Sanskrit Literature, 1976, P 71, Sushil Kumar De; The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1963, p 290-291; cf: Linga Worship in the Mahabharata in Indian Historical Quarterly, xxiv,1948, p 290-92, Nanimadhab Chaudhuri;
^ See Refs: Trans of Rig Veda, III,113, Dr Ludwig; Alt-Indisches Leben, p 102, Dr H. Zimmer; History and Culture of Indian People, The Vedic Age, p 260, Dr R. C. Majumdar, Dr A. D. Pusalkar; Problems of Ancient India, 2000, p 6, K. D. Sethna; Some Kshatriya Tribes of Ancient India, 1924, p 231, Dr B. C. Law; Ancient Kamboja, People and the Country, 1981, Dr J. L. Kamboj; Kambojas Through the Ages, 2005, pp 25-27, S Kirpal Singh; These Kamboja People, 1979, pp 27-28, K. S. Dardi; Purana, Vol VI, No 1, Jan 1964, p 212.13, Balocistān: siyāsī kashmakash, muz̤mirāt va rujḥānāt - 1989, P 1, Munīr Aḥmad Marrī etc.
^ Literary History of Ancient India in Relation to Its Racial and Linguistic Affiliations – 1950, P 165; The Racial History of India - 1944, p 810,Chandra Chakraberty.
^ Aspects of Sanskrit Literature, 1976, P 71, Sushil Kumar De; see also: The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1963, p 290-291.
^ The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1963, p 290.
^ Op cit., p 290.

[edit] Books and Perodicals

Rig Veda
Rig Veda (Trans), III.113, Dr Ludwig
Vamsa Brahmana of Sama Veda
Anushasana Parava of Epic Mahabharata (XIII.14-17).
Altindisches Leben: die Cultur der vedischen Arier nach den Saṁhitā -1879, Page 102, Heinrich Zimmer
Literary History of Ancient India in Relation to Its Racial and Linguistic Affiliations – 1950, p 165, Chandra Chakraberty
History and Culture of Indian People, The Vedic Age, Dr R. C. Majumdar, Dr A. D. Pusalkar
Aspects of Sanskrit Literature - 1976, P 71, Sushil Kumar De - 1976
The Indian Historical Quarterly - 1963, P 290
Literary History of Ancient India in Relation to Its Racial and Linguistic Affiliations - 1950, P 165, Chandra Chakraberty
Some Kshatrya Tribes of Ancient India, 1924, Dr B. C. Law
Problems of Ancient India, 2000, K. D. Sethna
Ancient Kamboja, People and the Country, 1981, Dr Kamboj etc.
These Kamboj People, 1979, K. S. Dardi